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| Comparison of Entry IBM, Sun, and HP Unix Servers: OLTP Workload | Percent | ||
| Small Configurations | Jul 2004 Sun Fire | Oct 2005 Sun Fire | Change |
| Vendor | Sun Microsystems | Sun Microsystems | |
| Make | Sun Fire | Sun Fire | |
| Model | V210 | X2100 | |
| SMP | 1 Socket/1 Core | 1 Socket/1 Core | |
| Processor | UltraSparc-IIIi | Opteron 148 | |
| Speed | 1.06 GHz | 2.2 GHz | |
| L2 Cache/CPU | 1 MB | 1 MB | |
| OLTP TPM | 9,500 | 28,000 | 195% |
| Memory | 2 GB | 2 GB | |
| Disk | 146 GB | 160 GB | |
| OS | Solaris 9 | Solaris 10 | |
| DB | Oracle 10g, SEO | Oracle 10g, SEO | |
| List Price | $17,835 | $9,910 | -44% |
| Cost Per TPM List | $1.88 | $0.35 | -81% |
| Medium Configurations | Jul 2004 Sun Fire | Oct 2005 Sun Fire | |
| Vendor | Sun Microsystems | Sun Microsystems | |
| Make | Sun Fire | Sun Fire | |
| Model | V240 | X2100 | |
| SMP | 2 Sockets/2 Cores | 1 Socket/1 Core | |
| Processor | UltraSparc-IIIi | Opteron 152 | |
| Speed | 1.28 GHz | 2.6 GHz | |
| L2 Cache/CPU | 1 MB | 1 MB | |
| OLTP TPM | 22,000 | 33,500 | 52% |
| Memory | 2 GB | 2 GB | |
| Disk | 146 GB | 160 GB | |
| OS | Solaris 9 | Solaris 10 | |
| DB | Oracle 10g, SEO | Oracle 10g, SEO | |
| List Price | $20,085 | $10,610 | -47% |
| Cost Per TPM List | $0.91 | $0.32 | -65% |
| Large Configurations | Jul 2004 Sun Fire | Oct 2005 Sun Fire | |
| Vendor | Sun Microsystems | Sun Microsystems | |
| Make | Sun Fire | Sun Fire | |
| Model | V440 | X4200 | |
| SMP | 4 Sockets/4 Cores | 2 Sockets/2 Cores | |
| Processor | UltraSparc-IIIi | Opteron 254 | |
| Speed | 1.06 GHz | 2.8 GHz | |
| L2 Cache/CPU | 1 MB | 1 MB | |
| OLTP TPM | 36,300 | 75,000 | 107% |
| Memory | 4 GB | 4 GB | |
| Disk | 146 GB | 146 GB | |
| OS | Solaris 9 | Solaris 10 | |
| DB | Oracle 10g, SE | Oracle 10g, SEO | |
| List Price | $75,895 | $20,451 | -73% |
| Cost Per TPM List | $2.09 | $0.27 | -87% |
| Extra Large Configurations | Jul 2004 Sun Fire | Oct 2005 Sun Fire | |
| Vendor | Sun Microsystems | Sun Microsystems | |
| Make | Sun Fire | Sun Fire | |
| Model | V880 | X4200 | |
| SMP | 8 Sockets/8 Cores | 2 Sockets/4 Cores | |
| Processor | UltraSparc-III | Opteron 275 | |
| Speed | 1.2 GHz | 2.2 GHz | |
| L2 Cache/CPU | 8 MB | 1 MB | |
| OLTP TPM | 110,000 | 115,000 | 5% |
| Memory | 16 GB | 8 GB | |
| Disk | 438 GB | 146 GB | |
| OS | Solaris 9 | Solaris 10 | |
| DB | Oracle 10g, SE | Oracle 10g, SE | |
| List Price | $209,195 | $27,976 | -87% |
| Cost Per TPM List | $1.90 | $0.24 | -87% |